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yì kǒu chī bù chéng gè pàng zi
idiom. one can't get fat from eating a single mouthful, (fig.) goals cannot be achieved in an instant
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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yì kǒu chī bu chéng gè pàng zi, màn màn lái, bié zháo jí .
phr. Goals cannot be achieved in an instant. Take it slow. Do not worry.
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dān cí xué xí yóu qí rú cǐ, fàn yào yì kǒu yì kǒu de chī, dān cí yě shì yào yí gè yí gè de xué, yì kǒu chī bù chéng gè pàng zi .
phr. Learning new words is especially like this. Food is eaten one bite after another. New words are learnt one after another, as goals cannot be achieved in one instant.